Daily updates about Syria

3/28/2015

Zaman al-Wasl published photos that it obtained of Hamza al-Khatib, who was 13, and Thamer al-Sharei, who was 15, after they were tortured to death by State Security in May 2011 after being arrested for protesting: https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/9479.html

Their deaths were a major catalyst for the growing protests that turned into the civil war.

The US-led mission to train rebels to fight the Islamic State has been delayed, although details have not been given as to why, apart from the distance from the US to Turkey, where some of the training will be held.

The US announced that the first 400 fighters have been chosen and are currently undergoing background checks.

Baroness Amos, the top UN humanitarian official, said that the government is blocking UN aid to 30 of 33 locations they requested access to.